i hate landscaping rocks

these are the landscaping rocks that i hate to the power of infinity. they surround my house front and back, they surround the sunroom extension, and they surround the lilac bushes in front. they surrounded the patio behind the garage (this is the part i'm still working on. i removed over half of them two years ago just to get the greenhouse put in). they USED to surround a bush and tree out front, and two different trees in back, but i've removed all the rocks from those places. here are some old pictures showing how my entire house is surrounded.

front of the house


patio


back of the house and sunroom



the last of the daylilies i needed to move before attacking the landscaping rocks full force.


it *looks* like not many rocks. thats just because of all the dirt on top of the rocks. they go down almost a foot in some places. at least 6 inches deep at the shallowest. and at the point this picture was taken, i've already removed at least 6 bags before taking the photo.


screening and sorting. little rocks in one planter, big rocks in the other. little rocks are discarded, big rocks are bagged and going to my dad who will eventually be doing some rock work of his own.


big rocks go in the old water softener salt bags. we only fill them about half full, they get heavy fast.


inside the bag, the big rocks


the little rocks get dumped in the bottom of the new/second raised bed garden. i dug the leaves back. i'd already dumped rocks in the bottom of this raised bed last fall before the leaves even went in, so whats a few more.


the daylilies newly moved to the patch in the front yard.


the darker dirt is where the daylilies i just transplanted are. the rest of them i'd transplanted two years ago before building the greenhouse. all of these daylilies are orange ones, coming from about 9 of them given to me by my dad shortly after i first moved in. i like them because they're practically impossible to kill.